Ophthalmology

Here are 12 ophthalmology ASCs opened or announced in 2021, as reported by Becker's ASC Review.

Physician services organization Covenant Physician Partners added Marietta (Ga.) Eye Clinic, according to a July 13 news release.

Twenty-four percent of ophthalmologists are still paying off their school loans, according to Medscape. 

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia recently appointed Gil Binenbaum, MD, as its new chief of ophthalmology.

Two South Carolina eye care practices have joined Carolina Eyecare Physicians, a U.S. Eye member.

Eye Consultants of Atlanta/Piedmont System Ambulatory Surgery Center suffered a data breach after hard copies of medical records were improperly discarded.

Wilmington (N.C.) Eye named Kathy Erickson the practice's first CEO, according to a Wilmington Biz report. 

Eye Surgery Center of Hawaii in Dole Cannery expanded its space, Pacific Business News reported June 30.

OcuTerra named a CMO, and Visus Therapeutics named six executives. 

Physician-led ophthalmology management company US Eye partnered with three practices in South Carolina and Florida, according to a June 29 release.